Remote video monitoring in Gilroy.

Remote video monitoring for Gilroy properties.

A camera that only records is a witness, not a guard. By the time someone scrubs through the footage, the trailer is already empty. Live monitoring puts a person on those views during the hours that matter, so something gets done while the problem is still on screen.

First we look at your camera layout together and decide which views to watch and when. When monitors spot activity, they follow the steps you choose: call your contact, send a marked patrol car or call emergency services. You receive a write-up of each event by email.

Monitoring suits wide spaces that would take several officers to cover on foot: truck yards, equipment lots, the big parking fields at retail centers, and construction sites. It works best as part of a hybrid plan, with cameras watched all night and an officer on hand for anything that needs a person.

Choosing which cameras to watch

Not every camera deserves live attention. The one over the front office door matters less at 3 a.m. than the one covering the back gate or the trailer row. We go through your views with you, pick the ones that cover the ways in and the things worth taking, then choose which hours each is watched.

If a key view is blocked by a stack of pallets or washed out by a floodlight, we tell you before monitoring starts.

What live video monitoring costs in Gilroy

Live monitoring is billed per camera each month. Using 2026 published monitoring rates, live monitoring in Gilroy typically runs $64 to $170 per camera each month. A handful of well-placed cameras on a basic overnight schedule start near $43, and all-night, all-weekend watching of busy views with patrol sent out reaches about $340.

Take a truck yard with 16 cameras covering the gate, the fence line and the trailer rows, watched every night from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. At $95 per camera, that’s about $1,520 a month, a small slice of what an overnight officer would cost. When monitors spot someone at the fence, they follow your plan, and you wake up to an event report instead of a surprise.

The per-camera rate climbs with longer monitored hours, busy views that trigger lots of events, a longer call list, and sending a patrol unit to check what the camera saw. Good lighting and well-aimed cameras cut down on false events and keep you lower in the range. We review your camera layout with you first, and the written quote spells out which views get watched, when, and the rate per camera.